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terminal junkie

[UK] n. A wannabee or early
larval stage hacker who spends most of his or her time wandering
the directory tree and writing noddy programs just to get
a fix of computer time. Variants include `terminal
jockey', `console junkie', and console jockey. The term
`console jockey' seems to imply more expertise than the other
three (possibly because of the exalted status of the {console}
relative to an ordinary terminal). See also twink,
read-only user.